Milcho Manchevski

Leading Macedonian screenwriter, director and photographer Milcho Manchevski (1959) has lived in the USA since 1985. He studied film and first worked as a cinematographer before beginning to direct his own documentary films. But he is best known as the creator of music videos and fiction fi lms. His featurelength debut Before the Rain (1994) was the first Macedonian film to be nominated for an Academy Award. He currently teaches directing in New York.